The parish church of St Llyr Llanyre is about 2 miles outside Llandrindod Wells on the road to off the A4081 to Rhayader. The church was rebuilt in 1885-87 and little of the original church remains apart from the very front of the building . My wife & I noticed the church on our way past last year and when were were near of late stopped off for a look
The best view of the church is from the South East side of the churchyard
The footpath runs from East to West and the main entrance which you can see in the distance
Looking up at the west end of the church from near the main entrance
Going round the north side you see the church is lost from view by the huge Yew
The porch which I forgot to get a photo of due to the tree nearby
In the church you get a view down the nave
The Chancel with is a three sided apse
The three apse windows
Looking out of the Chancel towards the Nave
The choir stalls near the organ in the chancel
The font which may be a little older than the church and the eagle lectern
The carved stone pulpit
and the view of the nave you get from it
The apse windows are very impressive
though the any way I could get detail of the centre one was to use flash
The nave has some very nice windows as well, the one on the left must look stunning with sunlight coming through it but I liked the one on the right most
which is in memory of Arthur Thompson
Along the nave walls are these embroidered banners
This beautiful memorial to Lieutenant Martin Ricardo Gibson Watt who died on H.M.S Kandahar
The only other memorial is this large on on the left to Thomas Williams. On the left the church banner
In the porch you can see the memorial window to the fallen from the two World Wars
Outside the church you can see some wonderful memorials
The lamb on a pillar is not one I have come across. Near the church you can see this angel
Not far from the porch are some older headstones some which are tilting
The carving with dividers and square stood out for me
A set of family graves with the cross bearing their names
The one nearer the camera has been laid over for safety
The path circles the whole churchyard and here we walking along the North side
where near the church hidden by the yew is the church bell
hanging in it's own frame
Nearby you can see more headstones
further along the path on the North side
Where I noticed this cross made from Angle Iron with a figure of Christ on it and the name MAX neatly dotted with weld on the cross
it looks almost lost in the other graves
Behind another headstone on a brick is this Fairy
Not far away is this figure
You can just make out the church here from the North East side of the Churchyard
More headstones laid down in the name of safety, these I might add were a good 5 foot high and one is broken in two from being laid down
The cross with angel watch over the Wyatt family Vault
A last panoramic view of the church yard from the main road entrance
I will leave you with this photo of the floral display which was near the altar in the church
Have a peaceful weekend
8 comments:
lately you keep finding ones with the coolest front gates. neat-O!! ( :
Interesting interior,banners and stained glass. When does a fairy become an angel?
Another interesting church, both the interior and the churchyard. The stained glass windows are beautiful. I like the one that's a memorial to a farming family "one sows and another reaps", the one depicting aspects of creation and the embroidered banners. The display of roses in the entrance
is lovely. Thanks for sharing Bill.
Great captures of the beauty of this place. I love the outside and the inside is quite ornate. The windows are really lovely.
Stunning stained glass windows :)
Interesting place! Great photos!
I'm impressed with how many new churches you find to take us on a tour through
I was married in this church,and my late father's is buried in the church yard, one of your photos shows his headstone. Beautiful little church.
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